Dye attachment for sewing machines



P ZQ' 1954 A. J. HALL DYE ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed Sept. 4,1951 I INVENTOR firZ/z u?" :ZHaZZ ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 20, 1954UNITED PTENT OFFICE DYE ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Arthur J. Hall,Bakersfield, Calif.

Application September 4, 1951, Serial No. 244,945

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to attachments for sewing machines,

A dye or other coloring substance may be applied to a fabric or otherdesired perforatable material, through the operation of a needle passingthrough the material in a manner similar to the ordinary operation ofsewing, the needle dipping into a well or container of the substanceafter passing through the material, collecting the substance in the eyeof the needle, and then applying the coloring to the material on itsreturn stroke through the material by a wiping action.

A further important object of the invention applies to the provision ofthe eye of a needle as a carrier of a dye or other liquid coloringsubstance for application to fabrics, leather, parchment, suitablepapers, and other materials to d e or color the same in any desiredpattern or arrangement, the needle working in conjunction with asuitably positioned well or series of wells containing the desiredcoloring substances.

By the use of this invention all sorts of color schemes may be quicklyand readily applied to a desired perforatable surface with no moreefiort and with as much ease as would take place in the ordinaryoperation of a sewing machine. By this means lamp shades, cover fabrics,and a great variety of objects can be rapidly and cheaply decorated.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a vertical section of a dye attachment for a sewing machine,constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral it] designates generally the tableof a sewing machine, and the numeral I i designates a verticalreciprocating needle Which is adapted to engage through a guide i2having an opening l3. The guide 12 is disposed through the table it, andthe upper end of the guide I 2 is flush with the upper surface of thetable 1 0.

A disc-shaped receptacle carrier i4 is disposed beneath the table illand is formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apartopenings l5 within which dye receptacles it are adapted to dependinglyengage. The dye receptacles It are formed with an upper annular flangell seating on the upper side of the carrier M. The carrier I4 isadjustably or rotatably supported from the table It by means of a boltI8, and preferably a washer I 9 is interposed between the upper side ofthe carrier l4 and the lower side of the table l8.

A spring 28 engages about, the bolt It below the carrier Hi, bearing atits upper end against the lower side of the carrier [4, and bearing atits lower end against a spring tensioning nut 2| which is threaded ontothe bolt IS. The tension of the spring 20 will yieldably hold thecarrier 14 in adjusted position with one of the receptacles l6 disposedbelow the needle opening 13 in the guide l2.

The table it is formed with an opening 22 oppositely from the guide [2,and a cover plate 23 removably engages in the opening 22. The opening 22provides a means whereby the several receptacles it may be refilled witha dye liquid.

In the use and operation of this device, the carrier M is suspendedbeneath the table it] by the bolt [8, in a position where a selected oneof the dye holding receptacles l6 may be disposed in substantialregistry with the needle opening it. A fabric or other flexible article2 5 is placed on the upper side of the table l0, whereupon the sewingmachine may be operated in the conventional manner without a threadextending through the needle II. The needle H on its downward strokewill pierce the fabric or work 24 and will dip into the dye in thereceptacle I6 which is at this time in operative position beneath theneedle. The liquid dye will not only coat the needle but will alsoengage in the eye of the needle so that as the needle is pulled upwardlythe dye will be wiped from the needle by the fabric 24.

The work 2 5 is moved on the surface of the table Ill either by thenormal fabric feeding means or by a manual movement of the fabric sothat the needle will progress about a predetermined outline of a designwhich is marked on the upper side of the fabric or work piece 24. Byproviding a series of dye receptacles [6, each receptacle may have aseparate color so that a substantial number or" colors may beimpregnated in the fabric to form the desired coloring of the design.The thickness of the needle and the weave of the fabric will determineor regulate the width of the marking which is formed by the dye.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim 3 all variations falling within the purviewof the appended claim.

What I claim is:

spring about said bolt yieldably holding said plate in adjustedposition.

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